Day in photos: Feb. 6, 2013

A newly released NASA photo shows the Orion nebula as captured by the space program’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer.

EPA

People clambor for a bag of oranges as Greek farmers distributed more than 50 tons of free fruit and vegetables outside the Agriculture Ministry in Athens as a protest against high fuel and production costs.

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Protestors show their disdain for cutbacks in education in Barcelona, Spain.

AP

A man tries to extinguish a fire from a balcony in a burning building in Damascus hit by a Syrian Army mortar shell.

Reuters

A child seems perplexed by the bare-bottomed Hindu holy men parading past during the Maha Kumbh festival in Allahabad, India.

AP

Members of The Flying Bulls aerobatics team from the Czech Republic fly in formation in their Zlin Z-50s over the Yelahanka Air Force station in Bangalore, India

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A student activist binds the eyes of a statue depicting participants in Bangladesh’s war for independence amid rallies demanding death for Abdul Quader Mollah. A war crimes tribunal sentenced him to life imprisonment for numerous offenses during the 1971 war.

Reuters

Members of Honourable Artillery Company fire a 62-gun salute at the Tower of London in honor of the 61st anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II’s accession to the throne.

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A model — maybe looking to catch a few snowflakes — sticks out her tongue while showing off a creation from the Degen collection on the first day of New York Fashion Week.

Reuters

A demonstrator smashes through a glass wall at a tram stop in Strasbourg, France, during protests by European steel workers near the European Parliament.